Nucleic Acid
Nucleic Acid
Nucleic Acid
3. Inversion - the
order of genes in the
chromosome is
reversed.
4. Duplication – a portion
of the chromosome is
repeated and doubled in
the same chromosome.
Example is Down
syndrome, having an extra
copy of chromosome 21
(trisomy 21).
5. Translocation – the chromosome segments change
positions.